Does MRE detect small bowel CD activity more accurately than CT enterography

What is known

- Both modalities are described as having high accuracy for detecting small bowel Crohn's disease involvement, and several studies directly compared them. ^1,2

What is unknown / caveats

- The retrieved excerpts do not report a head-to-head accuracy result showing MR enterography detects small bowel Crohn's disease activity more accurately than CT enterography. - The excerpts provide only reference lists and general statements rather than the comparative outcome figures needed to rank one modality above the other.

## References

1. Freund MR, Horesh N, Meyer R, Garoufalia Z, Gefen R, Emile SH, Wexner SD. Can preoperative CT/MR enterography preclude the development of Crohn's disease-like pouch complications in ulcerative colitis patients undergoing J pouch surgery?. Colorectal Dis. 2023;25(7):1460-1468. PMID: 37128154.

2. Bharadwaj S, Narula N, Tandon P, Yaghoobi M. Role of endoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2018;6(2):75-82. PMID: 29780594.

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